Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Fastin anchors have been widely used in repairing rotator cuff injury, ligament injury and so on, but rarely reported for meniscus repair.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the methods and clinical effectiveness of arthroscopic repair with anchors for anterior horn injury of the lateral meniscus.
METHODS: Retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical data of 22 patients who had been diagnosed with anterior horn injury of the lateral meniscus through MRI and definitely diagnosed through arthroscopy, all of them was suitable for repairing and received arthroscopic repair with anchors, the clinical effect was evaluated through symptoms, signs, Lysholm and International Knee Documentation Committee system.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: All the patients were followed-up for 7-28 months (19.3 months). There were no severe complications. The Lysholm and International Knee Documentation Committee systems showed that the scores ascended respectively from (45.20±7.47) and (41.55±8.91) before surgery to (90.60±5.46) and (91.85±1.09) after surgery (P < 0.05). These indicate that the methods of arthroscopic repair with anchors for anterior horn injury of the lateral meniscus can get a good clinical effect.